{"id":4359,"date":"2020-10-26T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:24","slug":"world-statistics-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2020\/10\/26\/world-statistics-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Statistics Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworldstatisticsday.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637391354482205899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=%2BkIsD5aBPrPC6VX%2BljLgT1e1EQxpj3S8Mt8CkPeJtfo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">20<sup>th<\/sup> October was World Statistics day<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ILO raised concerns <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Filo.org%2Fwcmsp5%2Fgroups%2Fpublic%2F---dgreports%2F---stat%2Fdocuments%2Fpublication%2Fwcms_757964.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637391354482205899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=68Dzw8H4lb35Ost7GHhpYwcLCQT49DFB6V4JQwRrLGE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">about gaps in&nbsp; terms of collection of data about gender and work<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking for accurate reliable data here are some free recmomendations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>DataPortals.org datacatalogs.org<\/strong>&#8211; Comprehensive list of <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fokfn.org%2Fopendata&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637391354482205899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=tK5o2bUKwVEeuc%2BfsOz0LSocD7tXiFMdBFTKv1pHecQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">open data<\/a> portals in the world maintained by Open Knowledge International.<\/li><li><strong>EU Data <\/strong>Includes data produced by EU public bodies. The <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Feurostat&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637391354482215891%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=gnkSjcaFNHzH1gRg1gk0n6%2BokYETrdNd%2B8B4ARgcUf4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Key organisation is Eurostat<\/a> the official statistical office. Its website is a rich source of current and historic quantitative data covering all aspects of economic and social life. Many datasets allow comparison between nations and regions in Europe<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstats.oecd.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637391354482215891%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=qU8JgvRrLCR%2BFY3i9PkV3kq4KfGW5ctYr1emKvDX0Fg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">OECD.Stat<\/a> Contains data for OECD nations and some selected non-members. Wide coverage of economic and social topics. Includes science, technology.\u00a0 Downloading of many datasets restricted to subscribers only<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.un.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637391354482225886%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=1bL8pyJPjxnXop9kSgP08Ggfs2BQY3PN9m6Zt7BMEnY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">United Nations<\/a> Official United Nations site. Especially good for statistical profiles of individual nations. Includes links to specialised databases of the UN.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.worldbank.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637391354482225886%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ham3I0KjLcXyUCugRQl6OgvztJJb06skoAEfQw53jkI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">World Bank<\/a> Open access to global development data. There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmicrodata.worldbank.org%2Findex.php%2Fhome&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cf8da6c8247134945a52308d8780f51ed%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637391354482235888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=Wz%2BOeKuWs0m0FbNdQ3WzLlXefVBzqnacY2jbkLecbhg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">microdata catalogue<\/a> of household level surveys<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All the above are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/ukdataservice.ac.uk\/get-data\/key-data\/international-macro-databanks.aspx\">UK Data Service Macrodata Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a full list of free data resources available at the University of Leicester see our <a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/leicester\/lists\/6EB693A0-EAE3-5DA3-9832-AC85F41A9C27.html?lang=en-GB&amp;login=1\">data resource list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th October was World Statistics day. 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